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August 22, 2018

U.S. Foreign Policy
Pompeo Staffs Up

Today Secretary of State Pompeo announced the appointment of Steve Biegun to be Special Representative for North Korea. This follows the announcements of Brian Hook as Special Representative for Iran…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

February 21, 2019

Election 2020
Meet Tulsi Gabbard, Democratic Presidential Candidate

Update: Tulsi Gabbard announced on March 19, 2020, that she was ending her campaign. Most Democrats running for president in 2020 are focused on domestic issues. Not Tulsi Gabbard. The Iraq War ve…

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Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

February 1, 2006

United States
A debt-for-goods swap, not a debt-for-equity swap; and dark antimatter, not dark matter

Stephen Jen argues that the US-Asian relationship can be understood as a debt for equity swap.    Asian - led by China - buys US debt; the US buys Asian equities/ invests in Asian plant and equipment…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

October 29, 2004

Financial Markets
David Wessel visited the Harvard economics department

Or at least talked to Summers and Rogoff, before writing his Thursday Wall Street Journal column. It is worth reading if you have access to the Journal. I agree with his bottom line: getting out of…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

July 30, 2014

Indonesia
Guest Post: Jokowi’s Small Victory Over Corruption in Indonesia

This blog post was authored by Timothy F. Higgins, a graduate of the University of St. Andrews with an MA in political philosophy. The recent presidential victory of Joko Widodo (popularly known as …

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Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Micah Zenko Politics, Power, and Preventive Action